While it's indisputable that O'Spinachy's influence is less considerable than that of the Queen of the Borsetshire Cowsheds, it is undeniable that he publicly dissed Jim Causley in an extremely unmusicianly and unfriendly way. The very utterance that a performance from a fellow musician made him want to throw up more than merits the riposte that his own utterances are "self-serving bollocks".

To the seaside totter (were you there at the Napoli?):

You said: what my 2nd question was meant to discover was whether Mudcatters think that a "Revival" is required or is there already a sufficiently high level of interest in "folk" music.

You have been told by others apart from me: YES.

and then: I merely asked if there was any substance in an article that I recently read

Again, as I and others have already said, NO.

I and others have told you what is actually happening out there today, always has been but more so during the past decade and a half. The Guardian piece you saw was merely a piece of lazy writing based on "what's the next big thing" and as such, not worthy of much consideration.

Why don't you get out there and see for yourself?